Basic knowledge of MRI imaging is an undeniable skill for all  neurologists  involved  in  multiple  sclerosis  (MS) management.  Brain  and  spinal  MRI  are  required  to diagnose MS and to monitor efficacy and safety of all MS drugs. Nevertheless, neurologists willing to understand the disease’s mechanisms and functional consequences of MS cannot miss information coming from advanced MRI  techniques,  which  will  be  provided  during  the course. While numerical quantification of white and grey matter structural damage are part of everyday clinical practice  when  understanding  MS  impact  at  the individual level, it is essential to grasppost-processing of imaging,  and  volumetric  estimates.  Therefore, participants will benefit from hands-on training at the Neuroimaging  and  Neuroimmunology  Research  Unit and  they  will  have  the  opportunity  to  challenge themselves  with  analysis  of  imaging  after  processing.
Applications  of  conventional  and  unconventional  MRI techniques  will  be  comprehensively  illustrated  during the course by world-renowned MRI experts.

What’s new

This year the course features a new practical training session on lesion and atrophy quantification in MRI. Attendees will be supplied with a laptop containing software to aid their practical understanding and exploration of quantitative MRI analysis. The software works as an analytical videogame where users submit MRI scans from which they can extract important numerical data concerning lesions, white matter and more.